12 Aug 1942 Jahr - Executive Order 9066- Japanese Internment Camps

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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the increasing anti-Japanese sentiment in America, the President’s Cabinet discussed a removal policy regarding the Japanese American population. Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Secretary of Navy Frank Knox favored a policy of removal out of military necessity, while Attorney General Francis Biddle argued against it, citing individuals’ constitutional rights.

President Roosevelt ultimately sided with Secretary Stimson and Secretary Knox and issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order resulted in the creation of "relocation" and internment camps for 120,000 Japanese Americans.

The Order was entitled “Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas” and began with the words, “Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage.” Military Area 1 included the Western half of California, Oregon, Washington, and the southern half of Arizona. At this time, eighty percent of Japanese Americans lived in California.

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